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The evening and the recognitions throughout it celebrate diversity and inclusion in hockey.

Steve Browning, the managing partner of the Vorys Houston office, was recently awarded the 2019 Lexology Client Choice Award for banking in Texas.

Eve Stratton, of counsel in the Vorys Columbus office who prior to joining Vorys was a justice on the Supreme Court of Ohio, was recently featured in the film, “Too Ill to Execute.”

Vorys attorneys Eric Richardson, Jake Mahle, JB Lind and Brent Craft were invited to present to the Kentucky General Assembly’s House Committee on Small Business and Information Technology on February 7, 2019.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP is proud to announce 10 attorneys from the Cincinnati office have been named “2019 Leading Lawyers” by Cincy Magazine.

The Vorys Diversity & Inclusion Committee has developed a fellowship program for highly motivated first-year law students who are members of a historically underrepresented racial or ethnic minority group.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP announced today that Jay A. Surabian has joined the firm as an associate in the Washington, D.C. office.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP announced today that Christopher J. DePizzo has joined the firm’s corporate group and will work out of its Akron and Cleveland offices.

Marcel Duhamel, a partner in the Vorys Cleveland office, recently earned his Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), joining the ranks of more than 13,000 professionals worldwide who currently hold the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) certifications.

Vorys is pleased to announce that Kari Coniglio, David Edelstein, Margaret Everett, Christopher Ingram and James W. Kelly II became partners of the firm on January 1, 2019. 

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP recently advised Greif, Inc. in its $2.475 billion credit facility and $500 million Notes offering.

Vorys is pleased to announce that 48 attorneys from the firm have been named 2019 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.

The Ohio Environmental Review Appeals Commission recently granted summary judgment in favor of our client, Harrison Power, LLC, in an appeal filed by the Ohio Valley Jobs Alliance. 

Mike Griffaton, of counsel in the Vorys Columbus office, was quoted in a Columbus Business First story about the changes companies are making to the HR policies in light of the #Metoo era.  

Congratulations to Vorys’ client and friend, Yubi Beauty LLC, for its product’s recognition on Time magazine’s list of best inventions in 2018. Time recognized the Yubi “Buff and Blend Set” for its innovative approach to applying makeup. Yubi founder, Adiya Dixon Wiggins, created the ergonomic fingertip brush and sponge to make application easier, especially on the go. Vorys assisted Wiggins with the patent application that supports the fingertip brush.

A California federal court has entered a final judgment that strengthens brands’ mission to rid online marketplaces of unauthorized sellers and preserve their brand equity.

Scott Ziance, a partner in the Vorys Columbus office, was quoted in a Springfield News-Sun story on the use of the use of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) as an incentive for development.

Vorys recently advised Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) connection with its acquisition of Omni Air International, a Tulsa-based services carrier.

Vorys was selected by readers of Columbus C.E.O. magazine as the best law firm in Columbus (with more than 50 attorneys) for the seventh year in a row. 

Vorys was named a 2019 Best Law Firm nationally in 17 practice areas and a best metropolitan firm in 100 categories, among four Ohio metropolitan areas, Washington, D.C., Houston, Texas and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.